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[Deleted member 1235]

Using flashget now to grab a 150mb file. seems to be going a little quicker, but with broadband is there much point? maybe on dialup it's better or something but it seems like bloatware a little bit.

 

[Hooker]

Not since broadband, and especially not since Opera. (resume option)




Besides, downloading big stuff goes through newsgroups, instead of the browser

 

[pestul]

Do most integrated download managers (default in Firefox) have the ability, like Flashget, to basically rape a server and trick it into thinking 5 people are downloading instead of one.. effectively giving 5x more bandwidth than you should be getting?

 

[Deleted member 1235]

Do most integrated download managers (default in Firefox) have the ability, like Flashget, to basically rape a server and trick it into thinking 5 people are downloading instead of one.. effectively giving 5x more bandwidth than you should be getting?

I think so, but I just downloaded the sonic demo from some site and it tried to do that, but you can see in the details the website rejecting "more than 2 connections" so I guess you can rape a website, but only if they aren't very on to it I suppose.

 

[Rlan]

I use Getright on a few files, just in case Opera screws up. I wish IGN would have a special Insider-download gadget to get the bigger files.

 

[ChrisReid]

Yeah, I like Getright, especially for anything over a couple hundred megs, it seems quicker.